as in to relax
to get rid of nervous tension or anxiety
I'm going to need to mellow out when this stressful week is finally at an end
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To do that, architects opened up the space, creating wide walkways and varied seating options with a mix of high-top, standard tables and six-person booths, to encourage service members to hang out and relax after they’re done eating.—
Erika I. Ritchie,
Oc Register,
17 Apr. 2026 -
So relax, and go worry about that $39 trillion national debt instead.—
Diane Brady,
Fortune,
17 Apr. 2026
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When the White House proposed winding down SLS and the Orion spacecraft after just three flights in its budget request to Congress last May, lobbyists from contractors like Boeing and Lockheed Martin flooded Capitol Hill.—
Sana Pashankar,
Fortune,
11 Apr. 2026
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Ultimately, the Archdiocese made the decision to wind down academic interventions and retain focus on social work, speech, and other services.—
Megan De Mar,
CBS News,
10 Apr. 2026
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What had seemed like a good way of chilling out was actually plunging me into a kind of crisis.—
Tim Parks,
New Yorker,
11 Apr. 2026
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Surely, even the most fervent ideologues could chill out on July Fourth.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Mar. 2026
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“Mellow (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mellow%20%28out%29. Accessed 18 Apr. 2026.
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